Are you able to bring back a card that was transformed like when it died O-Kagachi Made Manifest Flip with Necromantic Selection?

Asked by Tunde 3 years ago

With O-Kagachi Made Manifest  ^Flip on the battlefield and I cast Necromantic Selection, can I choose to bring it back since it died when it was a creature? Or is it not a valid choice since it isn't a creature in the graveyard?

Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #1

DFCs only have the characteristics of their front face while in a zone besides the battlefield (or stack if they are MDFCs cast as the back face). This means that it won't be a creature card in the graveyard and can not be brought back. If Necromantic Selection only said "creature" instead of "creature card" you could bring back anything that was killed by it. The addition of the word "card" means that it has to be a card with the type "creature" while in the zone it is being brought back from.

May 7, 2023 12:37 a.m.